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50 Years On, Fire Still Burns Underneath PA Town

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 05.25.2012

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CENTRALIA, Pa. (AP) — It's an anniversary the few remaining souls who live here won't be celebrating. Fifty years ago on Sunday, a fi...

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Centralia Fire: Final Holdouts Refuse To Flee From Pennsylvania Coal Fire That Has Burned Since 1962

AP | MICHAEL RUBINKAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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CENTRALIA, Pa. — Standing before the wreckage of his bulldozed home, John Lokitis Jr. felt sick to his stomach, certain that a terrible mistake ...

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Blagojevich Appoints an Orphan to the Senate

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011

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If his appointment is not rejected, Roland Burris will be the first Centralia Orphan to hold a Senate seat.

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